When the Trump administration released a report in July questioning the tenets of climate science, it was part of a far-reaching effort by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to rescind the agency’s underlying authority for rules governing climate pollution from power plants, cars and industry.
But a detailed examination by POLITICO’s E&E News found that the report obscures key facts about climate change. It relies on outdated studies and cites analyses that were not peer reviewed. It cherry-picks mainstream research and omits context. It revives debunked arguments in an attempt to cast doubt on long-term warming trends.
You can delve into E&E News’ findings here.
The DOE report was written by five contrarian researchers whose work has long been perceived as being outside the vast body of climate science, which has shown for years that the burning of fossil fuels is driving global temperatures higher.
